$VIX 15 MIN https://schrts.co/YfDAeSjn 

    Posted by amcap on 30th of Oct 2022 at 09:50 am

    $VIX 15 MIN https://schrts.co/YfDAeSjn 

    Shorting the $VIX has been

    Posted by timebandit on 30th of Oct 2022 at 12:10 pm

    Shorting the $VIX has been a very good trade lately. It has been busting down out of descending wedges for the most part. On the daily, the RSI(5) is at 10.66. It doesn't get that low very often. There are 13 occurences since 1990. But if you look back through them, there is really no clear pattern as to how the market reacts after this RSI level is hit. 

    However, there are three times when the $VIX RSI(5) is at this level or lower and the $SPX McClellan Oscillator is at 100 or above: now, late March 2022, and early January 2009. See snapshots below. In 2009, the market made two slightly higher doji candles for the next two days, before selling off and making a new low in March. For what it's worth

    $VIX Daily Chart

    Excellent observation bandit - I

    Posted by steve on 30th of Oct 2022 at 03:25 pm

    Excellent observation bandit - I was pondering a divergence forming on the INTRADAY VIX charts prior to the FOMC.   Needless to say, the low reading suggests bullish exuberance (with protection being cast aside).    The ball is firmly in JPs hands - does he remain Firm (Hawkish) or Buckle (Dovish)?    If Nick is their mouthpiece, then I wouldn't expect any changes. 

    Crazy week ahead with the FOMC  decision looming large.   I have posted several  articles from surrogate Chairman  "Nickileaks" the past few days.  He was even on Face The Nation Today.   

    @FaceTheNation

    The Federal Reserve can't risk not getting on top of inflation, The Wall Street Journal's Nick Timiraos says.

    "Even though the risk of doing too much is a recession, the risk of not doing enough is that inflation just stays high and you have to have a bigger downturn later."

    Yeah, that guy's article sparked

    Posted by timebandit on 30th of Oct 2022 at 03:36 pm

    Yeah, that guy's article sparked the recent rally. I don't get it, but I guess I don't need to. Seems like it's working against their interests. Who knows?

    Posted the wrong snapshot of current daily $VIX chart. This one includess $SPX McClellan indicator

    Thanks for the charts.  Certainly

    Posted by Ray on 30th of Oct 2022 at 08:02 pm

    Thanks for the charts.  Certainly leans toward pullback odds.  If the Fed holds the current rise in interest rates projections, perhaps Nickileaks will lose some of his credibility as being a Fed insider.  One reporter shouldn't be able to move the market like this.......and the Fed shouldn't be operating like that.

    What comes to mind that

    Posted by steve on 30th of Oct 2022 at 05:55 pm

    What comes to mind that morning  10/21 was that things were close to unraveling again and those issues with the UK were not yet resolved.  One big game of musical chairs. 

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